FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

QUIET PLEASE EP

MDR report key: 14279580 · Received May 4, 2022

Report

Report Number
0002183416-2022-00002
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
May 4, 2022
Date of Event
January 28, 2022
Report Date
May 3, 2022
Manufacturer
APOTHECARY PRODUCTS LLC
Product Code
EWD
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
US
Reporter Occupation
OTHER

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 0

ON (B)(6) 2022, THE COMPANY WAS AWARE THAT THE REPORT WAS NOT VISIBLE IN MAUDE DATABASE. AFTER ENQUIRING WITH FDA CDRH EMDR REPRESENTATIVE, WE LEARNED THERE WAS A TECHNICAL PROBLEM WHILE SUBMITTING THE FILE. THE COMPANY WAS ADVISED TO RESUBMIT THIS FORM AND TO ADD THIS STATEMENT. APOTHECARY PRODUCTS LLC, QUALITY TEAM HAS DONE FURTHER RESEARCH ON ITEM 69018 FLENTS QUIET PLEASE EAR PLUGS AND THIS APPEARS TO BE AN ISOLATED INCIDENT WHERE USER POTENTIALLY HAD LATEX ALLERGIC REACTION. THE ITEM IS NOT MADE WITH NATURAL RUBBER LATEX. OUR EAR PLUGS ARE MADE OF PVC MATERIAL. WE CONTACTED OUR CONTRACT MANUFACTURERS TO SEE IF LATEX WAS USED IN ANY STEPS OF HANDLING THE DEVICE, AND THE ANSWER WAS NO. ALL THE STEPS INVOLED IN MANUFACTURING AND PACKAGING OF THIS DEVICE ARE DONE WITH GLOVES WHICH ARE NOT MADE WITH NATURAL RUBBER LATEX, OUR DEVICE DOES NOT HAVE LATEX..

Description of Event or Problem · 0

CUSTOMER USED ONE PAIR OF THE EAR PLUGS FOR SLEEPING. SHE DEVELOPED THE ALLERGY. WHEN SHE WOKE UP BOTH EARS WERE SWOLLEN INSIDE THE EAR CANAL, PARTICULARLY THE INSIDE RIGHT EAR. SHE IS ALLERGIC TO LATEX BUT THIS ITEM SAYS "NOT MADE WITH NATURAL RUBBER LATEX.." CALLED DOCTOR AND HE PRESCRIBED ANTIBIOTIC EAR DROPS.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1822894 QUIET PLEASE EP EAR PLUGS EWD APOTHECARY PRODUCTS LLC 69018

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 Female